Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-04-20
THE INTERSTATE COMMISSION.
Hearing ON BOston's Commercial
Interests.
OTHER xATrERs BEFORE THE BOARD TO-DAY.

UHER MATTKRS BEFORE THE BOARD TO-DAY.
E M. Herrick, president OF the Pacific Pine
Lumber Co., and E. c. Williams, president OF the
REDWOOD Manufacturing Association, OF San Fran
CISCO. have te!egraphed the Interstate Commerce
Commission As follows: .'Our two corporations,
employing eight to ten thousand men and about
tnirty millions capital, have addressed you by
mall, stating that our eastern business has been
entirely destroyed BY the operation OF the law, and
asking your interposition on our behalf. Mean
while VIII you allow the roads over which we have
been operating to give old rates and 50 revive our
business with the East provided the rate Is open
and available for all?"
graphed "the fruit interests OF this state. which
are great and growing in importance are seriously
1eoParoized by the workings OF the Interstate COM
merce DILL lnaSmuch as this interest cannot avail
itself OF water competition we respectfully ask
tnat section four be suspended that these inter-
ests oe not entirely paralyzed and great loss en-
q. 8. Rodgers, counsel for the league OF Ameri-
can Wheelmen and secretary Of the Kenton wheel
Sn Siuo ot CoHngto1. Ky, complains to the Commis-
pension Bridge Company compel bicyclers to dis
mount and walk over their bridge, and yet to pay
rest q wheeiman % attempts to ride das oxera The S
0r1dge has street railways over It. hence the
writer assumes that It falls under the provision Of
the Interstate commerce act.
Ex-senator Van Wyck has notified the commits.
sion OF his purpose to be present tomorrow at the
nearing OF the eGranscontinental railroad interests
BosToN's BUSINESS INTERESTS.
The representatives OF various business interests
centering In Boston were present in the rooms OF
she Commission at 10 O'Clock this morning, and
Gne nearing OF their argument began at once.
There were present Messrs. VIM. H. Lincoln, c. H
stea mshlp interests; Mr. W. o. Bia1ey, q the The
Speare, OF the Boston Executive Business Associa-
lion ana the Merchants Club Messrs. Edmund
Reardon and Charles h: North. representing the
produce exporting interests: Judge Soule, at
torney, and Mr. Arthur Wells, general traffc
manager, representing the Boston and Albany
John Whitmore, general tram manager, repre-
Senting the Fftchburg road; Mr.. John PortiuA
aeparesssnsing rep s sne Grand Trunk, Central Vermont
firm OF Kemble and Hastings.
Judge Sou!e was the first speaker. he said the
route taken py to Boston was not the
and ono hundred and fifteen miles longer OF
course, the rates to New York were fixed by the
snorsess & nns: Tnere mere had grown up large export
with the roads which brought traffic at the same
rates charged BY the New York roads to that city.
Of steamers to England VIII. h could not be main aim
tained without its tra1c. Hence this question be-
came one OF greater moment to Boston interests
traffic itself. He submitted statements Showing
the extent Of the trafdc referred to.
MI. Arthur Mills, general traffic manager OF the
H. K
sponse to questions by Judge SOule set forth in
greater detail the history OF the growth OF the
traffic which is said to be 1eo,r;iiZed and the ex-
tent OF the interests involved The local rate from
the West to Boston was about i've cents greater
on grain and certain like classes OF produce than
that upon the same merchandise intended for eX-
port. II the Local rates were changed on the eX-
port tratic it would kill 1t. A certain portion of
this trafllc came on through bills Of Iading from
the West TO foreign ports. Abe 1t an equal amount
was brought to Boston and held there by Boston
dealers until they could see a favorable market
abroad. 1t was only upon the last class that re-
l1ef was asked. The Boston dealer was not able to
avail himself OF the through bills; these were
given by the western roads to western men.
THE RATES ON OIL
In reply to Commissioners Schoonmaker and
Bragg, MI. Mills stated the rates upon oil from the
PennsylvanAa oil regions These were higher thar
elimination but there was none from the Oh
stationa His company did not know the Standard
OIL Company In any OF these transactions; II
received the oil from the New York Central; but
compelled 10 answer questions relating to these
matters? He was willing to state anything he
knew respecting matters subsequent to the date
when the law took effect; but were the previous
matters to form part OF this inquiry?
The Commission thought the inquiries were
other gentlemen OF the party were heard, their
statements and arguments bearing upon the sub
ject that has mOnOpOlized the attention OF the
Commission-the Interpretation Of the fourth sec
ton.
The hearing Of the Boston interests was COM
pleted and the Commission took recess for lunch.
No opinion or decision was rendered
The Interstate Commission yesterday issued
an order temporarily suspending one-fourth sec
ton OF the act on the application OF the Norfolk
Southern Railway Co., the Louisville, New Or
leans and Texas Railroad as to the points south Of
petition OF the Texas Pacific Railroad as to reights
destined TO Ell PaSO.